Sandwich
proper noun
- place name
noun
- two slices of bread with filling in between them
verb
- to put in a sandwich
- figuratively, to insert between two things
- put between two things
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ / /ˈsæn(d).wɪt͡ʃ/ / [ˈsæm.wɪd͡ʒ]
adj
Etymology: Named after its supposed inventor, the Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich).
- Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
name
Etymology: The family name is from Old English Sandwīċ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich.
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, southeastern England, one of the historic Cinque Ports (OS grid ref TR3258).
- An English habitational surname originating from this town.
“The young lady, who made her firſt appearance in Lady Bab Lardoon, at the Haymarket on Monday night laſt, is a Miſs Prideaux, and lineally deſcended from one of the daughters and co-heireſſes of the Right Hon. John Wilmot, the witty Earl of Rocheſter, and conſequently related to the Sandwiches, Pomfrets, Coopers, and many other noble families.”
- One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
- One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
- One of several younger towns named after the town in Kent or after a person bearing the surname:
noun
Etymology: The family name is from Old English Sandwīċ, from sand + wīċ (“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”), equivalent to sand + -wich.
- Obsolete form of sandwich.
“I dined at the Cocoa Tree […] That reſpectable body, of which I have the honour of being a member, affords every evening a ſight truly English. Twenty or thirty, perhaps, of the firſt men in the kingdom, in point of faſhion and fortune, ſupping at little tables covered with a napkin, in the middle of a coffee-room, upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich, and drinking a glaſs of punch.”
“Sir Ch[ristopher]. Not a morſel, Tom, if you would give me the univerſe. / Rack[et]. Pooh, man, only a Sandwich or ſo.”
verb
Etymology: Named after its supposed inventor, the Earl of Sandwich (see Sandwich).
- To place (an item) physically between two other, usually flat, items.
“We saw a few Gresley Moguls on goods, as a limited amount of freight traffic was sandwiched in even on this busy day.”
“An oddity of the auto-train services, incidentally, was the occasional "doubling", usually for football excursions, when the load was increased to four coaches with the engine sandwiched between.”
- To put or set between two other events in time.
“Street BASIC is becoming the language taught in junior high; it is sandwiched between Logo, which is taught in elementary school, and Pascal, which is taught in high school.”
“Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.”
- To double penetrate.
“They sandwiched her, the footballer at her back, his dick tucked into the perfect seam of her ass as he fingered her pussy while the shorter, leaner, covered-in-tattoos Monsieur Artiste kissed her and pinched her nipples”
- To feed sandwiches to.
“But one or two evil-disposed characters muttered they might be sure the lady had her own turn to serve, and they might be sure they wasn't "teaed and muffined and sandwiched for nothing!"”
“The association of veteran firemen, which has a membership of 200, kept open house for New Year callers, and all comers were bountifully sandwiched and coffeed.”
- To eat sandwiches.
“Mr. and Mrs. Ted Craig (he^([sic]) speaker of the assembly) emerging from a popular drive-in after having sandwiched and coffeed . . .”
“He coffeed and sandwiched along the highway.”